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Police Interceptors S25E07 (18th May 2026)
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00:02This is Police Interceptors.
00:04Police Interceptors are all I for.
00:06I'm going to tell my kids about this.
00:08And you're riding with the pride of Northamptonshire.
00:13Come on!
00:14Ace Pursuit drivers.
00:15Contact, contact, contact.
00:17Air pass 5-1.
00:18With air support.
00:19Got two out, stand by.
00:21I'm out!
00:22And a crack dog unit.
00:23If you leave, you will get hit.
00:27They bring down the bad guys.
00:29I believe you'll want it, mate.
00:33Keep the streets safe.
00:38And battle 24-7.
00:42In the war on crime.
00:45Crash, crash.
00:46On the floor now!
00:48This is what it is, isn't it?
00:49We find them, we lock them up.
00:53Coming up.
00:54A blistering pursuit wreaks havoc on the M1.
00:59Crash, crash, crash.
01:01Bertie faces off against the runaway biker.
01:04I was stuck and rode.
01:06I think he falls here, I mean you wish.
01:09And...
01:10The dog's going nuts in the glove box.
01:12Cocker Spaniel Socks sniffs out a hidden hole of drugs.
01:16It could be cocaine, it could be ketamine, it could be ampha.
01:19Good lads.
01:326-1.
01:33I'm now with the pursuing vehicle.
01:36Cocker.
01:37It's the early hours of Friday morning.
01:39Yeah, Cocker, mate.
01:40Bend you out.
01:40How far are you going?
01:42A high speed pursuit on the motorway is pulling in cops from across the county.
01:47Yeah, Cocker.
01:48Speed 95, median risk.
01:51And the motor, a fully electric Hyundai Kona, is seriously testing the boys and girls in blue.
01:57Yeah, I'll be one.
01:58Big still found stock.
02:00106.
02:01Big at risk.
02:02M1.
02:03Not now.
02:05Interceptor Scott Kimberley has just arrived to assist.
02:09Yeah, the RPU unit's now taken over due to speed.
02:13Scott's in the Beamer 330, a punchier motor than his colleagues Volvo, so immediately takes the reins.
02:19Just approaching junction 19.
02:23Police have no idea why the Hyundai driver is making off at such a desperate pace.
02:29Speed 115, median risk.
02:34But his manner of driving suggests drink or drugs could be a factor.
02:39Vehicle moves to lane, swerving between lanes.
02:44Until more backup arrives, Scott wants to keep the Hyundai on the motorway, so moves up to prevent it exiting.
02:51Keypon initiated, junction 19, wait.
02:55But as he does so, the driver lashes out.
03:03Scott's wing mirror taking a direct hit.
03:07Contact major in Keypon.
03:09Keypon successful. Vehicle continues, junction 19.
03:12Was high risk.
03:14Back down to medium.
03:15Speed 1, 1, 0.
03:18The ferocious speed mixed with his aggressive tactics makes for a heady cocktail.
03:23Control, can we get on to Nottinghamshire, please?
03:25See if they can offer any units to assist.
03:28There are currently three cop cars in pursuit, but only two are TPAC trained.
03:34And neither of them can prevent the suspect taking the next junction.
03:40Vehicle is off, off, off, off, junction 20.
03:42We'll attempt quartering to get it back onto the motorway.
03:47Quartering is a tactic cops using close proximity driving to obstruct the movement of the subject vehicle.
03:54And at the moment, there's only one place Scott wants the Hyundai to go.
03:59Vehicle successfully quartered. Vehicle is now committed M1 North once again, junction 20.
04:06But getting this reckless driver back on the motorway still doesn't solve the original problem.
04:11Traffic remains light. Speed 1, 0, 0. Risk remains medium.
04:16How to stop him before he causes the unthinkable?
04:20Speed 1, 1, 5.
04:23Because he's now turning his aggressive tactics onto other road users.
04:28Vehicle is flashing other motorists out of the way. Speed 1, 1, 5. Just passing 1, 4, 1 over 0.
04:35Thankfully, extra TPAC cars are just a couple of minutes behind.
04:40Subject is swerving between lanes.
04:42And Scott already knows what to do when they arrive.
04:45My preferred tactical plan now would be a get-by to perform on the vehicle to try and slow the
04:50vehicle down using blocking vehicles once we've got enough TPAC cars.
04:54But the next junction is a few hundred yards up ahead.
04:58And Scott can't afford to let the Hyundai attempt an exit.
05:03We are approaching half-mile market post, junction 20. Wait.
05:08If Scott can get close enough, he'll have to do whatever he can to keep him on.
05:14But just like last time, the fella comes out swinging.
05:22Bad one, crash, crash, crash.
05:27The pursuit is over, and the driver's legged it.
05:30The race is on to ensure no one gets away.
05:35Get out of the vehicle now! Get out of the vehicle now!
05:56Contact Major and keep on. Keep on successful. Vehicle continues. Junction 19.
06:02On the M1 northbound, interceptor Scott was locking horns with an electric Hyundai
06:08that shot off from cops like a bolt of lightning.
06:11Speed 115.
06:13And when Scott attempted to keep the Hyundai on at the next junction,
06:18every cop's worst fears were realised.
06:22Crash, crash, crash.
06:28Get out of the vehicle now!
06:30Get out of the vehicle now!
06:31Get out of the vehicle!
06:32Get out of the vehicle!
06:33Get out of the vehicle now! Get out of the vehicle!
06:35While Tania deals with the female backseat passenger...
06:39Put your hands behind your back now!
06:41I've got to come back!
06:43Sit up!
06:44I've got to come back!
06:46Keep still and I'll move you.
06:4930 metres down the hard shoulder...
06:51Go, go, go!
06:53...the driver's just vaulted over the crash barrier.
06:56I've seen a Taser! Stay where you are!
06:57I've seen a Taser stop!
06:59...he fails to comply so it's Taser time.
07:02Show me your hands! Show me your hands!
07:03Take your ticket, please!
07:04Take your ticket, please! Help me, help me, help me!
07:06Help me, stop!
07:06Put your hands behind your back!
07:08Put your hands behind your back!
07:09Put your hands behind your back!
07:10Despite taking a high voltage barb to the leg, he's still resisting.
07:14You under arrest, dangerous drive, third stop.
07:17That's the same thing.
07:17Make sure any questions from your daytime call.
07:20I think you do so, make your nuggets.
07:22Put your other arm behind your back!
07:23Aye, they are! I'm in phase!
07:25What are you doing?
07:25Put your other arm behind your back!
07:27Put your arm behind your back!
07:28Put your arm behind your back!
07:29I promise you I was lost!
07:31Finally, both hands are cuffed.
07:33Contact Major in Key Pond.
07:35Subject lost control.
07:37Driver under arrest and detained.
07:39So that's two nicked.
07:40But cops still aren't sure how many were in the car in the first place.
07:45How many have you got down there?
07:46One.
07:47How many? There was two blokes?
07:49Two blokes. We've got one outstanding.
07:51How many have we got there? One!
07:53One outstanding!
07:55Another passenger from the car remains at large.
07:58But I don't know where he's going to be.
08:01A dog unit is en route to try and flush him out.
08:05That's a bit silly, wasn't it?
08:06What, me?
08:07Why on earth did you drive like that?
08:08What?
08:09What do you think?
08:10What are you saying what for?
08:12You ran me twice!
08:13Could have killed someone like, you know.
08:15Ridiculous.
08:15Look at that!
08:16I would have drove like that if I didn't just randomly get blue lights.
08:18Blue lights mean you stop!
08:22Cynic, silly idiot.
08:23Police have put a temporary traffic block on the motorway.
08:27While they deal with the suspects.
08:30Right, because I can smell cannabis coming from you, I do require some saliva to check for analysis, okay?
08:34Can you stick your tongue all the way out for me please? Thank you.
08:38Are you disqualified or just don't have a licence?
08:40Just don't have a licence.
08:41Just don't have a licence.
08:42Stick your tongue all the way out.
08:44Results take eight minutes.
08:45Plenty of time for the driver to dish out some attitude.
08:49Hey, hey, yo, my mum's laughing.
08:50This is you?
08:50Yeah, you're a brick, fam.
08:52Don't call me a brick.
08:53My mum's laughing.
08:53Yo, I ain't even doing nothing, bro.
08:55What's wrong?
08:55Don't go on.
08:57Please have to see with the dog!
08:59Make yourself alone!
09:02And now dog handler Knightie's arrived with German Shepherd Blue to track down the one that's missing.
09:08This is your last chance!
09:11The undergrowth is thick with brambles.
09:14Good boy. Go on then.
09:17But Blue is undeterred.
09:19That's it. That's it. Good boy.
09:24Because something's got right up his nose.
09:27Right! Stay where you are! Stay where you are!
09:30Do not move! Good lad!
09:33Do not move! Officer Jason, do not move!
09:36Get out!
09:36Put your hands up now!
09:39The third and final occupant of the Hyundai is now also destined for the Nick.
09:45Yes! Good lad!
09:46Meanwhile, back at the roadside...
09:48You failed for cannabis already, so at this moment in time you're further under arrest and suspicion.
09:52...of driving whilst over the scribe drug limit, okay?
09:55Drug driving has just been added to the rap sheet.
09:59You could have killed so many people tonight.
10:02You could have killed so many people tonight.
10:03It's a successful end to an evening that, if it weren't for the skills and tenacity of the interceptors, could
10:09have ended very differently.
10:11Let's get you some medical attention, get you to hospital and then we'll go from there, alright?
10:15If you've got anything to say, tell us when you're in your interview, alright?
10:20No action was taken against either passenger, but the driver pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, failed to stop driving without
10:28a licence or insurance and under the influence of drugs.
10:32He was banged up for 12 months.
10:46Good girl.
10:46In Northamptonshire, there's more than 1,500 cops working to keep the streets safe.
10:53See, it's all business, aren't you?
10:56But not a single one of them can do what these guys can.
10:59Good boy! Yes!
11:01Good lad!
11:02The force has 13 police dogs, each with an innate ability to sniff out anything from drugs and firearms to
11:10cold hard cash.
11:12Hello!
11:13Which makes them a criminal's worst nightmare.
11:17Today, three members of this crack team are being put through their paces.
11:22This is police dog Socks.
11:24He is five years old.
11:27He is a very experienced dog.
11:29He's been doing this for, well, three and a half years now.
11:33So he does know the game.
11:35And he enjoys it.
11:36He loves working.
11:37And let's say we're quietly confident.
11:42Their challenge is to find a series of dodgy packages stashed in sneaky locations around this police-owned property.
11:51And then here we're going to have some street heroin, two grams again.
11:55So it's in the gap between the beds there.
11:58And it's not just drugs, they'll be expected to sniff out.
12:02There's about £20,000 in there.
12:06That's quite low down and back.
12:08I know there's gaps in the floorboards, but it's still quite a hard find, that is.
12:11Another massive wedge of cash has been hidden behind this radiator.
12:15I just hope your dogs don't let you down, that's all I'm saying.
12:18All or nothing, mate. All or nothing.
12:21Instructor Thorpey is hoping for a perfect result from his trainees.
12:26Perfect is they find everything.
12:27They're really strong dogs.
12:29You know, we've got high standards.
12:31And roughly, I think, searching all this and finding everything,
12:34it would take them less than 25, 30 minutes.
12:37And they should find it all.
12:39First up is the catch behind the radiator.
12:42Will Socks and his handler, Lucy, hit the jackpot?
12:46Seek your finder.
12:48They get into an area where they can start smelling it.
12:50It's like the hot-cold game he used to play as a kid.
12:53When your parents used to say, warmer, warmer, warmer,
12:55you're getting closer to the source of what you're looking for.
12:58And that's exactly what the dog's doing.
12:59He's getting in that same picture.
13:00And then he's just got to try and work out exactly where it is within that area.
13:06If Socks locates it, Thorpey uses a clicker to indicate success.
13:12Indication?
13:15Good boy! Good lad!
13:17He was...
13:18Good boy, Socks!
13:19That's that scent picture he was busy around, wasn't it?
13:21Yeah.
13:22Good boy!
13:23Cocker spaniels have around 300 million scent receptors in their noses.
13:2850 times as many as humans.
13:31And police pubs...
13:33..are trained to start tapping into them when they're just a few months old.
13:38You start off at a young age, throw the ball down the field,
13:41where they go out and get it and bring it back to you and have a play.
13:44And then throwing that in slightly longer grass,
13:46they'll go out and go, hang on, this is...
13:48I can't see it now.
13:50I've got to start using my nose.
13:51And then they'll find the tennis ball,
13:52because they'll associate the smell of that ball,
13:54so they've got to use their nose as opposed to their eyes,
13:56and they get a reward for it, you know?
13:58They bring that reward back,
13:59and they get to play with mum or dad.
14:02Good boy!
14:04Go, he's a good boy!
14:06Yes!
14:07Good lad!
14:08You love me a little bit, don't you?
14:11Good boy.
14:12Come on then.
14:13Next stop, the bedroom.
14:15But will our canine hero locate the heroin?
14:18Socks here.
14:19Seek fine.
14:25So what are your thoughts at the moment?
14:26Is he showing any interest in the particular areas?
14:29Well, he's been up and down here quite a few times,
14:31and he's not really showing a huge amount of interest
14:33in the other side of the room.
14:40Indication?
14:43Good boy!
14:44Yeah, nice one.
14:46So far, so good.
14:48Good lad!
14:50But Thorpey saved the toughest test for last.
14:53Seek fine.
14:55A stash of cash deep beneath the floorboards.
15:02I'm going to give him that.
15:03Good boy!
15:03Because that was really...
15:05That was good.
15:05He needed that early one, didn't he?
15:07It's a great result.
15:09Let's harness off, mate.
15:11Well done.
15:13Good boy!
15:15Give me them!
15:16Socks has passed with flying colours.
15:19And later...
15:20Good girl!
15:22Yes, Bunny!
15:23So too do police dogs Bunny and Frankie.
15:26Good girl!
15:28Well done!
15:28Good girl!
15:29Good.
15:31Three finely tuned noses, prepped and primed for their next stop in the field.
15:36We want to get them excited, we want to get them happy,
15:39we want to get them willing to work.
15:40And with that, they will work for us.
15:43They're an amazing team, mate.
15:45Swap it for a human.
15:46Every day of the year.
15:48Every day.
16:00It's Max in Tesco roundabout.
16:04It's Wednesday night.
16:06It was a lost loss, I believe.
16:09I think we need to pull up the road outbound.
16:12Fresh from training, dog handler Lucy is keeping tabs on a job unfolding nearby.
16:17It's a vehicle with a drugs marker on it for being involved in supplying drugs to university students on freshers'
16:27nights and things like that.
16:28The university team of police have asked us to have a look at this vehicle.
16:34I think they're out looking for it as well.
16:36The police have a dedicated team that works in and around Northampton University campus.
16:42Tonight is student night.
16:44And they reckon the motor they're tracking is delivering illegal substances.
16:48They've just asked us to stop it and search it and say I think we've just got a car behind
16:52it now.
16:54Canine connoisseur Lucy has been on the force 16 years.
16:57She knows her shitsus from her cockapoos.
17:00And even once won an award at Crufts with her first police dog, Harper.
17:06Actually, I'm just asking the council from the near side.
17:11Criminals be very afraid because Lucy's partner tonight is expert sniffer dog, Socks.
17:18The Socks car we were looking for earlier stopped.
17:21It's parked at Fletchland Court.
17:22ARB's just arriving with it.
17:24It sounds like Lucy and Socks could be about to put that training to good use.
17:31Hi Roger, I heard that.
17:33They've just found it.
17:34I think it's just parked up on a residential estate.
17:39And they've just asked us to go and search it with Socks.
17:43See if there's any drugs in there.
17:45To Socks, the ability to find well hidden drugs is like a superpower.
17:49In three and a half years on the force, he's sniffed out more dodgy substances than you'd find on a
17:54stag do in Ibiza.
17:56He's trained on eight different types of drugs.
17:59So hopefully if there's anything in the vehicle, drug wise or cash that's often associated with drug dealing, then he'll
18:07be able to find it.
18:09The suspect motor has been stopped in a cul-de-sac and its two occupants have already been detained.
18:20Firearms officers have been questioning the driver.
18:23Hello.
18:24You all right?
18:25So I've just asked him, his face has given it away.
18:27Right.
18:27He's indicated that it's just in there, we think by the gear stick.
18:32So, will it stick the dog in it?
18:34Yeah, yeah.
18:35That's it.
18:35We're going to hand over there, mate.
18:37Something sus has already been found on the passenger by Interceptor Dan.
18:42It's a little rock in a self-seeding bag, so...
18:46OK.
18:47But that's in that bag?
18:48That's gone.
18:49OK, cool.
18:50Do you mind just shutting that door?
18:52Yeah.
18:52I'll grab socks.
18:53Cheers, mate.
18:55So there's two people detained.
18:56I think there's a small amount of some sort of drug in one of the bags that's been recovered from
19:02one of them.
19:03And then I think the driver's indicated that there is drugs in there.
19:07So we're just going to put socks in and see if we can find them.
19:11The driver may have fessed up to having some drugs.
19:14Come on then.
19:15But there's always a chance he's not been entirely honest about how much.
19:20Socks, it's over to you.
19:26A stash by the gear stick is the first thing he finds.
19:29I'll just hand you that.
19:31I've not opened it.
19:34But could that merely be an appetiser?
19:38I think there's more, innit?
19:40Socks reckons he can smell the main course.
19:43The dog's going nuts in the glove box.
19:45So I'm going to see if he'll narrow it down a bit more,
19:47but I'm wondering if there's a big amount and then they're doing that with it.
19:51Yeah, yeah.
19:52But whatever's tickled his taste buds, for now, remains elusive.
19:57He's literally, like, pulling things out of the glove box with his teeth.
20:01As the search rolls on, two mobile phones in the car have been ringing off the hook.
20:08Is that you, Raymond?
20:09Or is that one of them?
20:10No, that's one of these phones.
20:12Somebody's popular.
20:13It's not that one.
20:17Oh, there's one in the door pocket, mate.
20:20Meanwhile, Socks' nose hairs have been tingling, too.
20:24What have you got in there?
20:25And he's just hit the mother load.
20:27Oh, wow.
20:28Good lad.
20:30Two fat packs of mysterious powder.
20:32You've got the crystals at the top and then you've got brown at the bottom.
20:36But he's not ready to kick back and put his paws up just yet.
20:40I think there's something else in there, Dan.
20:42Yeah.
20:44He's still indicating on it.
20:45It could be residual, but...
20:49Oh, no, it's not.
20:50It's not residual.
20:52Good lad.
20:53He's done it again.
20:55Well done.
20:55There's more in here.
20:57So, what have we got?
20:58I think it's probably MDMA.
21:01Ecstasy of some description.
21:03All in all, there's enough chemicals here to fuel an entire semester's worth of student rave-ups.
21:11There's intel surrounding him dealing to students.
21:14And, obviously, tonight's the student aunt, so he's obviously out working tonight.
21:18It could be cocaine.
21:19It could be ketamine.
21:20It could be Amphet.
21:21The little tablets are almost certainly some sort of MDMA.
21:24They'll all get tested and we'll find out, I guess.
21:27And I think the driver's got a lot of cash on him as well.
21:29And, obviously, we've recovered his mobile phones and empty deal bags and everything to
21:34kind of tie it all together.
21:35So, yeah, good.
21:38The driver is off to the nick.
21:40And the suspected drugs have been confiscated.
21:43So, for the foreseeable future, the local student population will be on nothing stronger
21:48than snakebite and blacks.
21:50It's a good job, isn't it?
21:51It's a good one, isn't it?
21:52Thanks in no small part to the training and fine tuning of Northamptonshire's most powerful
21:58nose.
22:00He's like, er, excuse me.
22:02I can smell the drugs.
22:04Are you trying to go?
22:06No action was taken against the passenger, but the driver was arrested for possession with
22:11intent to supply Class A and Class B drugs.
22:15The investigation is ongoing.
22:20Coming up.
22:21One lad up.
22:22Male rider there.
22:24It's motorcycle mayhem as one bike gets cornered.
22:27On your end, you're off mate.
22:29Before a second one.
22:30Through a RAT-80S.
22:32Temporary pirates.
22:33Somehow slips the net.
22:35It's off-road, it's off-road.
22:53Is it a black Audi by any chance?
22:55If so, it's off the road.
22:56Interceptors Bertie and Matt are on afternoon patrol in the north of the county.
23:02It's near a junction with John Clarke way in the A6.
23:05An incident is kicking off at a village boozer two miles away.
23:09We got a call from a member of the public who's been at a pub and a red motocross bike
23:15has come past the car and has used a crowbar to smash the front window screen.
23:20So, we're just having a look at the moment, doing area search for this bike.
23:24There's a suspicion that you're going to be in possession of a crowbar, which I'm going to try and locate.
23:33After a couple of minutes, they enter the village.
23:35The pub in question is round here on the right-hand side, you'll see the old Victoria.
23:43A lovely pub.
23:45No time for a cheeky pint though, as someone's coming.
23:49Yep, yep, yep, yep.
23:53Because the cops are in the unmarked, the two-wheeler that just whistled past is oblivious to their presence.
24:00But is it the one they're looking for?
24:02The tension seems not a red bike.
24:04Having swung a Huey, it hasn't taken Bertie long to get the biker back in view.
24:10I'm in perhaps six foot.
24:12A view which confirms it's not the red bike they're after.
24:17SRU.
24:18We'll put on a motorbike in Barratton.
24:19I'll just give you the red for it.
24:21But they decide to run its details anyway.
24:24No insurance, no MOT.
24:27This fella's been in the wrong place at the wrong time, but he's certainly worth a pull.
24:32He's going to go, innit?
24:33The bike's turned into a housing estate, which could mean he's just about to decamp.
24:39One ladder.
24:40Male rider there, innit?
24:42But it could also mean he's simply just on his way home.
25:01The rider insists it's insured.
25:03But he won't take his helmet off.
25:05What's your name?
25:06I'm going to say I'll drive to talk to you on your own.
25:08And now he won't tell Matt his name either.
25:11Is it your bike?
25:12Yeah.
25:13Have you bought it off someone recently?
25:15No.
25:15About a week ago, yeah.
25:16Are you insured with on it?
25:20I'm not insured.
25:21You're not insured on it?
25:23He's not going to lie now, Matt, so the rest should be easy.
25:26You've got a licence?
25:27Yeah.
25:28Sure.
25:29Provisional.
25:30You don't sound sure.
25:31You're showing us disqualified until test passed.
25:35Yeah, I've still got provisional.
25:36You're showing us disqualified, so at this moment in time you're under arrest and suspicion
25:39of driving whilst disqualified.
25:41You don't have to say anything but a man in defence for doing not mention
25:43someone questioning something she's allowed to line in court.
25:45Anything you can do, so maybe give him an evidence in my bag.
25:47You can give her a call.
25:48Let's come down.
25:49You're on.
25:49The disqualified biker's got some fresh milk in his bag and he's keen to get it in the fridge.
25:55Come here.
25:58I've got handcuffs on, I've got milk.
26:00But if he pushes an interceptor, things could really turn sour.
26:03I'll put you out with a drop.
26:04What, you need to drop off and then we'll get you going, all right?
26:06Looks like Matt's going in for a cuppa.
26:09He's just got some milk, you need to drop off, so...
26:11Yeah, let's come have a look at this one.
26:14Unfortunately for the biker, the next brew he'll be having will be from the vending machine
26:18at Kettering Nick.
26:20Have you got anything in your pockets?
26:21Anything.
26:22It's my vape and my ride.
26:24A second crew has arrived to give him a lift.
26:27Make sure it's all done by the time I get there.
26:29And Matt's going along for the ride too.
26:32Which means Bertie's been left on bike watch.
26:35We've got a report of criminal damage to a vehicle at the old Vic pub in Burton.
26:41The report was somebody on a motorbike.
26:44So we've travelled to Burton and this crosser loosely matching the description has gone past us the other way.
26:49So we've run some checks on it which says it's no insurance, no MOT on the vehicle.
26:54So we've followed it, to be honest, expecting that it probably was going to make off.
26:59Matt's jumped out and grabbed hold of him and it turns out that he's a disqualified driver.
27:04We're having a lot of motorcycle nuisances.
27:06There's a lot of crime being committed by people who are using motorcycles.
27:11Ironically, he hasn't had anything to do with the damage to the vehicle at the pub.
27:14So it's just a case of wrong place, wrong time for him.
27:17The unlucky biker pleaded guilty to driving without insurance and whilst disqualified.
27:23He received £200 in fines.
27:26And unless he passes his test, he'll have to walk to the shops next time he runs out of milk.
27:37Up on the back wheel, off the side of the road.
27:40And he's continuing on high speed.
27:44Down two six, I've got a motorbike failing to stop.
27:47Not all motorcyclists are compliant easy riders.
27:51High risk. It went temporary off road onto the pavement.
27:54The interceptors sometimes deal with a wannabe Mad Max.
27:58Wrong side of the road, speed six zero, temporary high risk.
28:03Who reckons he's born to be wild.
28:05If someone can push up, I think it's going to go off road standby.
28:09But it's nothing more than a menace to society.
28:12We're off road, off road through bollards.
28:18The motorcycles are so nimble.
28:21They can get places we can't.
28:24They can go through alleyways, on pavements, through parks.
28:28And it does cause a lot of anti-social issues in the community.
28:32Because a lot of them don't abide by the normal rules of the road.
28:37And they do drive dangerously.
28:38And it puts not only them, the police, but it also puts them to the public at risk.
28:55Motorcycle hunters, Bertie and Matt, are now out in the marked Beamer.
29:00And they've just been clocked by a chap on two wheels.
29:04We've got a motorbike making a famous Lindsay out.
29:08It's not clear why the rider got spooked.
29:12Sweetfield Road.
29:12Shortest town.
29:17But he fancies his chances of getting one over on the boys.
29:20We are.
29:22And on these narrow residential roads, a two-wheeled tearaway has the upper hand.
29:27Because he can weave in and out of traffic.
29:30And even avoid the speed bumps.
29:32It's copied, advanced driver, a T-pack training super vehicle.
29:35We've got a motorbike failing stop.
29:37The seat is made off the speed.
29:39The rider is wearing a helmet.
29:41We've got that this time.
29:43We are right, right, right on Cedar Road.
29:46Generally towards the town.
29:49The runaway reckons his best shot at shaking Bertie is by doing loops.
29:54Now, right, right, right, Bertfield Road.
29:58Weather conditions are good.
29:59Weather conditions are dry.
30:01Traffic is moderate.
30:03Pressuring foot for all his life.
30:05But Bertie isn't just your average T-pack trained advanced driver.
30:12He's a dogged fighter, with tenacity in spades.
30:17He's approaching roundabout weight.
30:19And when he's in the mood, nothing could stop him.
30:23Except perhaps the rush hour traffic.
30:28He's gone left, left, left, Abington Grove towards White Elephant.
30:32We're temporarily held in traffic.
30:35In his haste to get away, the man was lucky not to get knocked off.
30:40Er, lost eyeball at this moment. Standby.
30:43But the word quit isn't in the interceptor's handbook.
30:47Just trying to catch up on it.
30:49Bertie draws on all 374 horses of the Beamer's power,
30:54until Matt spots a speck in the distance.
30:57Straight over Kettering Road, it is, er, is it?
31:01Yeah. Come by.
31:03Kingstorpe Grove.
31:04Kingstorpe Grove.
31:05Kingstorpe Grove.
31:06Generally towards Harbour Road, speed 6-0, medium risk.
31:11But the spec still has the edge over Bertie's 340.
31:15I don't know if it's gone left here.
31:17I don't know where it wants.
31:20It's down there.
31:21He's bolted down an alleyway.
31:23So, is Bertie giving up?
31:26Subject vehicle continues.
31:28No chance.
31:29Kingsley Road.
31:30We are still towards Harbour Road, speed 6-0, medium risk.
31:34Approaching roundabout, wait.
31:36Incredibly, the boys have got him back on the hook again.
31:40It's left left.
31:41Continues Kingsley Road, towards Harbour Road, speed 4-0.
31:46They can't risk letting him slip off a third time.
31:50Get anyone with a stinger at the Cocktail Junction.
31:53A stinger could be their safest bet.
31:56Approaching roundabout, wait.
31:58But the biker's route is suddenly becoming less predictable.
32:02Taking the third, taking the third.
32:04He's stopped doing loops round the estate,
32:06and now seems to have a new destination in mind.
32:10Speed 4-0, medium risk.
32:14So, what's his plan?
32:16He's got a left, left, right, right, right.
32:19And by the way, out of town towards Kingstorpe.
32:22We're through a RAD 80, yes.
32:24Temporarily high risk.
32:26Back down to medium.
32:27We're left, left, left.
32:28Mid-summer mill lane.
32:29It's going to go off-road.
32:30It's going to go off-road.
32:31Mid-summer lane.
32:32Right, right, right.
32:33The boys know there's a possible off-road escape route just around the corner.
32:37You can go slower.
32:38You can go slower.
32:40Advanced drivers like Bertie can make tactical contact with motorbikes,
32:45as long as they're not going too fast.
32:50But this fella keeps finding an extra gear.
32:55There was Studden Road.
32:57Speed 4-0, medium risk.
32:59And now 100 metres up ahead is exactly what they were worried about.
33:07It's off-road.
33:08It's off-road.
33:09We weren't able to continue.
33:09It's Mount Mill Lane.
33:11We'll get someone there.
33:13At a slower speed, Bertie could have safely given the bike the cheekest of nudges to take it down.
33:19But it wasn't to be.
33:22Just going too quick.
33:25They won't be able to get to the other end of the lane quick enough to pick him up.
33:29It's an icy warm male rider.
33:31He's got a balaclava under his helmet.
33:32Clear visor.
33:33He's got a grey puffer coat on.
33:35Black joggers.
33:37As the lads rue their bad luck, the silence is broken by a familiar rumble.
33:42Oh, that's another gear.
33:46Oh, my God.
33:48Same shift, different bike.
33:51This track's clearly a popular shortcut for local two-wheelers.
33:56That's frustrating.
33:58Sometimes, chaps, you just have to let them go.
34:02That's a total loss at this time.
34:04I would imagine he's gone off-road somewhere.
34:08Even so, the police have his number plate for Intel.
34:11And they know that wrong-uns like him will always come again.
34:17Still to come...
34:18Handbrake don't work, does it?
34:20Of course.
34:20It does not work.
34:22Look.
34:23Michael finds a banger...
34:24...that's lost its bang.
34:27Is it back to your knuckle as well?
34:29Lost me as well.
34:29Yeah!
34:30Ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:31Ha, ha, ha.
34:33Ha, ha, ha, ha.
34:49his tyre is totally bold on this side
34:51if your tyres are smoother than Craig David's Friday night
34:55this chap's car is in a right state
34:58or your electrics have more flaws than a multi-storey car park
35:02you've got a near side light out
35:05and your offside brake light's not working
35:07then be warned
35:08there's quite a lot of issues with this isn't there
35:11because an interceptor's favourite three letters are M-O-T
35:15the vehicle's going to have a prohibition put on it
35:17which basically means you can't drive the vehicle anymore
35:22vehicles with no M-O-T might be for a variety of reasons
35:27could be people forget
35:28but it may be that they know their vehicle's got
35:31a number of defects that's unsafe
35:33and they can't afford to get them fixed
35:35and therefore it puts more people at risk of harm
35:39if certain components like vehicle fail
35:41sometimes vehicle with no M-O-T
35:45can actually lead on to other document offences
35:49because it may well be that
35:50if they're not maintaining their vehicle
35:52or they're not bothered about maintaining their vehicle
35:54then have they got insurance
35:57one thing can sometimes lead to the next
36:14there's a van that's just hit the camera at Alfred Street
36:19it's Wednesday morning
36:20it's a comments marker
36:22I think I put it on a few days ago
36:24the vehicle's in a bad condition
36:26it's got no M-O-T and no tax
36:30veteran cop Michael's on the lookout for a van
36:33that he first spotted a few days ago
36:35it's a white van
36:36while I was off duty
36:38I noticed that the windscreen was all smashed
36:41and so I put a comments mark on the vehicle
36:46it's got no tax, no M-O-T
36:48and it's just popped up on the cameras now
36:50so I really want to get the vehicle stopped
36:53so I can
36:55unroadworthy vehicles are Michael's biggest pet peeve
36:57if you're cruising around in a banger
37:00he'll nick you quicker than you can say
37:02minimum tread depth
37:06the windscreen being all smashed in front of him
37:08is one thing
37:09but there could be other things like brakes and stuff
37:11so I just want to get it off the road really
37:15after a few minutes
37:16Michael arrives in the area the van last triggered AMPR
37:21so he sits tight and waits for it to resurface
37:25which proves a canny move
37:30that's him
37:32a quick Huey and a pump of the gas
37:34soon gets him back within sniffing distance
37:37I'm pretty sure it's the one that
37:40I was sat alongside
37:41when I saw the windscreen was all smashed
37:43so he lights him up
37:44and the chap complies
37:47what's the update?
37:49we'll have a chat with the driver
37:53he's already failed Michael's first test
37:56driver, can you put it in to the truck stop for us?
38:00that's definitely the one
38:01that's the windscreen
38:03for Michael spotting faults on vehicles is more than a mere job
38:06it's his true calling in life
38:08let's see if this one's as bad as he reckons
38:12okay so the reason I'm stopping you
38:14obviously your windscreen's smashed
38:16it literally happened to smile
38:17no it didn't
38:18it happened before then
38:20because I saw this vehicle five days ago
38:22and I put intelligence in about this vehicle
38:24it's got no MOT and no tax
38:25no MOT?
38:26correct
38:27so if you want to jump out for me
38:28we'll have a chat about that
38:29the driver claims the windscreen only just got cracked
38:33I don't appreciate people who lie to me
38:36the biggest crime he's committed so far
38:38is underestimating Michael
38:40are you the insured person for the vehicle?
38:43yeah
38:44it's insured in London or Middlesex?
38:46is that correct?
38:48Middlesex?
38:48yeah
38:49I'm insured just now
38:49so I'm 10
38:50that's what
38:51smaller
38:51can you prove that to me?
38:58the driver wants to call his partner
39:00to get the insurance details
39:02easier said than done
39:08I'm not going to ring your wife for you
39:10he says his mobile's out of credit
39:13how can you run a business without a phone that works?
39:16more to the point
39:17how can you see anything out of that windscreen?
39:19right
39:20because your tax has expired
39:22and it's out of date by three months or more
39:24it gives us the power to seize your vehicle
39:28and obviously you can pay for the tax at the side of the road
39:31but you can't because you've got an MOT
39:33so unfortunately your vehicle is going to be removed from the road
39:36take off that ladders will you?
39:38also we're going to be reported for driving a vehicle in a dangerous condition
39:41because you've got a crap windscreen
39:42so I'm going to prohibit the vehicle from being moved
39:44so when the vehicle goes to the recovery dealer
39:47to get the vehicle back
39:48it needs to be on the back of a lorry
39:49or the back of a transporter
39:51and it needs to be taken to a garage to be fixed
39:54MOT'd
39:55and then once it's MOT'd
39:56you need them to go to a police station
39:57to show that MOT
39:59and then the vehicle can be released to go onto the road properly
40:02because at the minute you can't drive that vehicle on a road
40:05okay?
40:07I'm going to get my tools out and stuff
40:08yeah yeah take out what you need
40:10yep
40:11while the driver gathers his things
40:14hi I've got John stopped at the side of the road
40:16Michael gets his partner on the phone
40:18he says you'll be able to clarify that he's took out insurance on his van today
40:21just get me the policy number
40:24can you get the policy number for me so I can do some checks?
40:27it doesn't take her long to give him what he needs
40:30lovely, alright thank you very much for that
40:33Michael will call the insurers in due course
40:35but first he's itching to have a closer look at that van
40:41handbrake don't work does it?
40:43of course
40:43it does not work look
40:47there's nothing on that at all
40:49that van's been sat there all the time we've been here
40:51and it ain't moved
40:53you sure you want to drive it Michael?
40:56does it even start now?
40:58how does the van start?
41:00it's a battery
41:01it's a battery knackled as well?
41:03it must be
41:06Michael's not seen a wreck this bad since Northampton Cinewell's screen titanic
41:11blimey
41:12do you have plans to get the vehicle back?
41:15yes
41:15okay I'll give you a bit of paper then how to get it back alright?
41:18so just a little note also
41:19on top of the windscreen
41:21because your brakes are defective
41:22because that handbrake doesn't work
41:23the handbrake was working mate
41:25the handbrake is working
41:25what so it's magically not worked since we stopped here?
41:28I've never had a chance
41:28not a chance
41:29so the vehicle
41:30you know it's defective
41:34you left it off since it's been here
41:36and it's on a slope
41:38it's terrible
41:39it just doesn't work
41:40a recovery truck's coming for the van
41:42and a taxi's coming for the driver and his mate
41:45why are you going to do all this stuff?
41:47I'm going to get someone to pick it up
41:48okay
41:48alright
41:52vehicle defects are a contributing factor
41:54to more than 1700 crashes in the UK
41:5710 of those cause fatalities
41:59I am going to contact the insurance company
42:01but if I find out you're not insured
42:02you will be further reporting for that as well
42:03billion percent
42:04that's good news
42:05if you are insured that's good
42:06so those are the details you need to give
42:08to get your vehicle back
42:10alright?
42:11thank you very much
42:11alright?
42:12alright
42:13take care of yourself
42:16taking into account the fee to retrieve the van
42:19plus its repair bill
42:20not to mention his fine
42:22the bloke will likely have to fork out upwards of a grand
42:25if he ever wants to drive it again
42:28take care of that
42:29that's a freebie from me
42:30oh such generosity Michael
42:32I was out shopping what four days ago
42:35and I saw this van pull up alongside us
42:38and I saw the windscreen from where we were
42:40and I've done some checks
42:43and it come back untaxed
42:44and no MOT
42:46so I just
42:47I put in an intel marker
42:49and we've got him stopped
42:50and the vehicle's in a really poor condition
42:52he tried to tell me that the crap windscreen happened today
42:55and I knew it happened way before then
42:58so I've reported him for driving the vehicle in dangerous condition
43:00we've got a handbrake that doesn't work
43:02we're out there looking for vehicles
43:04that are in a dangerous condition
43:06or shouldn't be on the road
43:08so our aim is to remove those from the carriageways
43:11and make sure that these people get them
43:13fit and ready for the road
43:15after a few minutes
43:16recovery arrives
43:19the handbrake definitely don't work
43:22and once the van's safely loaded up onto the truck
43:26there's just one more job for Michael
43:28if the vehicle has no tax
43:30he's not in roadworthy condition
43:32then we're not going to confirm cover
43:34quick chinwag with the bloke's insurance company
43:37our policies require them to have a valid MOT and tax
43:41he's confirmed to us
43:43saying that the vehicle is taxed and MOT'd
43:45if it is not
43:45it immediately validates his cover
43:48it's further bad news for white van man
43:51you take care thank you
43:52and you bye bye
43:54bye bye
43:57oh dear what a bummer
43:59so they're not going to insure him
44:00because of the MOT and the tax
44:02like he lied to us when we first turned up
44:04he's lied again
44:05he's told them that he's taxed and MOT'd
44:09he's now going to be reported for three offences
44:12that are going to put points on his licence
44:14and he's lost a vehicle because of the condition of it
44:17it was a great result
44:20the driver pleaded guilty to no insurance
44:23no MOT and driving a dangerous vehicle
44:26he got six points on his licence
44:28and over £1,700 in fines
44:31so remember folks
44:33with Michael around
44:34skipping that MOT could prove very costly indeed
44:37please
44:38Smithague
44:47move
44:48move
45:06oh